Music & The Performing Arts
[GUERRIERI, Claudio] The John Fahey Handbook. With a Complete Illustrated Discography and Labelography of FONOTONE & TAKOMA RECORDS
[GUERRIERI, Claudio] The John Fahey Handbook. With a Complete Illustrated Discography and Labelography of FONOTONE & TAKOMA RECORDS
Forewords by Paul Bryant, Glenn Jones and Malcom Kirton. Essay Contributions by Janet Lebow Fahey and Melody Brennan Fahey
Published by the author, 2022. 2nd Edition. Hardcover in pictorial boards, issued without dust jacket. Large quarto. 666 pages. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w. A fine copy.
The John Fahey Handbook explores the entire discography of the acoustic guitar player John Fahey (1939-2001). It includes a biographical introduction and examines all of Fahey’s recordings from his first Fonotone 78 rpm issued in 1958 up until his death, as well as all his collaboration and compilation releases. Each record is presented with all its known issues and variations. In addition, a complete labelography of Joe Bussard’s Fonotone Records and Fahey’s Takoma Records is described in detail with a pictorial representation of each label variant. An exhaustive gigography with over 1,000 Fahey concerts and the setlists of 100 unissued live recordings are also included, as well as a whole hell of a lot more! The ultimate John Fahey reference work.